qtsmerge

#!/bin/bash -e
# 'msgmerge' for Qt Ts.
# Very naive method -- transform to po{,t}, merge and sweep.
trap '
	_ret=("${PIPESTATUS[@]}") IFS=,
	printf 'E:\t%s' "Line $LINENO, rets: ${_ret[*]}" >&2
	exit "$_ret"
	:' ERR

if [[ $1 == '--help' ]]; then
	cat <<'EOF'
qtsmerge: merges Qt ts files using msgmerge for drunk guys.
The usage is the same as msgmerge, except that the output is always def.po.
(I don't want to parse -o for now)
EOF
	exec msgmerge --help

# die early die quick
command -v msgmerge mktemp >/dev/null

if command -v lconvert >/dev/null; then
	ts2po(){ lconvert -if ts -of po -locations relative -o "$2" "$1"; }
	po2ts(){ lconvert -if po -of ts -locations absolute -o "$2" "$1"; }
elif command -v po2ts ts2po >/dev/null; then
	:
else
	false # No convertors found!
fi

tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
args=("$@")

cmd_subst(){
	result=$("$@"; echo x)
	result=${result%x}
}

# wild assumptions on args
pos=()
tss=()
for ts in "${args[-2]}" "${args[-1]}"; do
	cmd_subst basename -- "$ts"
	pos+=("${tmpdir}/${result%.[tT][sS]}.po")
	tss+=("$ts")
	ts2po "$ts" "${pos[-1]}"
done

# 0: po, 1: pot
cp -l "${tss[0]}"{,.bak}
msgmerge -o "${pos[1]}" "${@:1:$#-2}" "${pos[1]}" "${pos[0]}"

po2ts "${pos[0]}" "${tss[0]}"